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NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with author Anne Lamott about ways to begin the new year on a positive and hopeful note.

The queen announced during her New Year's speech that she would abdicate on the 52nd anniversary of her own accession to the throne at age 31 following the death of her father, King Frederik IX.

Times Square is not the only place that drops something to count down to the new year. A duck decoy, a MoonPie and a pickle are some of the other things that will descend at midnight.

Whether it's once a year or once a week, more people are plunging into cold water for fun and health benefits. NPR spoke to researchers about what's true and what's not on this wellness trend.

There have been touching moments — sometimes away from the headlines, and the front lines — that have moved the world this year.

Hours before the attack on the container ship, the U.S. military said it had shot down two missiles fired toward the same ship

This year two more special counsels joined Jack Smith in leading some of the most sensitive investigations at the Justice Department.

Pictures of happiness, of a disappearing Sierra Leonean island, of a pair of flip-flop-clad feet poking out of the Indian Ocean surf: Here are our photo stories from 2023 that we won't forget.

A year ago, China lifted its draconian COVID restrictions. Many expected the country to bounce back quickly. That hasn't happened.

Our view of the constellations has changed since they were first mapped thousands of years ago. That new perspective could also mess with your astrological horoscope in the new year.